Description: The use of longevity swaps are an area of growing interest in North America for insurers and pension schemes to manage their exposure to longevity risk. This growth is anticipated to continue as a consequence of the increased experience in the market and this maturity will encourage an improved affordability and ability for insurers to be flexible in this space. In Europe and Asia, longevity swaps are a much more established tool for risk transfer and optimizing asset-liability matching. From these markets, we can learn how to establish an effective framework in order to price, implement, and monitor performance of longevity swaps. By attending the session, you will be informed on the typical structure and modeling/valuation approach for longevity swaps including: - Understand longevity swap concepts, their benefits and common use. - Establish a basis for assessment such asmeasurement metrics, risk factors, and benchmarking principles. - Comprehend ongoing management such as basis risk, trigger points/pull-out clauses, potential operational issues, and asset transfer mechanisms. - Understand considerations and approach for valuing under US STAT and US GAAP.

Description: In this webcast, presenters will outline the key content in ERM ASOPs 46, 47 and 55 and explore the impact each ASOP has on practitioners working in these fields. We will also describe the revision work currently under way in the ERM Committee of the Actuarial Standards Board.

Description: Participate in a discussion with panelists from various functional areas andcompanies about the trend of increasing mutual attractions between private equity and insurance companies, the underlying strategic drivers from both sides, as well as the impact to both individual insurance companies and insurance industry as a whole. Take part in a conversation about the implications of insurers' obligations/changes to risk profiles and exposures when engaging offshore domicile of affiliated and unaffiliated reinsurers involved in the private equity-owned insurance business.

Description: In light of recent regulatory developments and international best practices, the Bermuda Monetary Authority has introduced proposed enhancements to the Bermuda regulatory framework for long-term commercial insurers. During this panel discussion, discuss the potential impacts of these proposed regulatory changes for existing commercial insurers and new entrants to the Bermuda life reinsurance market.

Description: ClubVita Session Series Buyouts and indemnity swaps remove all the longevity risk from an underlying population. However, they can be difficult to unwind and are not very flexible or widely tradable. Explore the characteristics and product structures of indexed based longevity swaps, demonstrating how they can cover any term, how they hedge the key component of trend risk and how, with new technology developments, they could lead to a liquid market.

Description: Learn from panelists from different companies as they come together to discuss their experiences.

Description: Reinsurance can be used as a tool to improve profitability and competitiveness on in force and new business for companies. Emerging reinsurance solutions will help organizations better manage their capital in different ways. During this webcast, the following solutions will be covered: Use of reinsurance to manage and improve capital and profitability Turning spread-based business into fee-based business Strategic use of affiliate and sidecar reinsurance

Description: The U.S. life insurance industry has been increasing its exposure to complex assets, either directly as investors or via offshore reinsurance (e.g., Bermuda). In order to address regulatory concerns about such investments and reinsurance arrangements, the NAIC has begun multiple initiatives to improve disclosure and strengthen regulatory requirements, and the Bermuda Monetary Authority is also strengthening its requirements. Hear a summary of these initiatives, and get an update on the latest developments at the NAIC and at the Academy on these topics.

Description: Both under favorable and stressed conditions, companies heavily rely on reinsurance and the market has seen a number of major transactions enacted in this space over recent months. Reinsurance offers a wider variety of opportunities in order to manage stressed balance sheets and enhance return on capital, upon which insurers must continually reflect in order to capture all the potential value. For example, captive reinsurance, which offers expense or cost reduction advantages in addition to risk management and control, is becoming more widespread as more U.S. jurisdictions allow parents companies to benefit from these captive formations. Upon enacting a transaction, ensuring the implementation of effective reinsurance operations is crucial in order to avoid operational inefficiencies and monitor the transaction's performance. Understanding the potential opportunities and common pitfalls in reinsurance processes is vital for capturing the full value of reinsurance. By attending the session, you will: Explore all the options available where reinsurance can be leveraged to improve capital and tax position, as well as achieving the optimal balance of risk appetite and underwriting profit. Furthermore, the presentation will provide real life case studies on how innovation and operational excellence can improve earnings by reducing costs related to inefficiencies, reducing process timing, improving controls, and reducing reinsurance leakage.

Description: Review the Bermuda Monetary Authority's Consultation Paper I and focus on required changes to governance, risk management, modeling, lapse risk, filing requirements, model governance and more.